Firecracker holder



M. KEETON.

FIRECRACKER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1921.

1,401,985. Patented Jan. 3,1922.

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UNITED STATES MONROE KEE'I'ON, 0F MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI. V

FIRECRACKER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.3,1922.

Application filed February 24, 1921. Serial No. 447,581.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that I, Mormon KnE'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Firecracker Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to holders for fire crackers and aims to be an improvement over my former Patent No. 1,362,705.

The object of this invention is t produce a device of extremely simple construction which will present no manufacturing difficulties and which will accomplish the desired object of my former patent, namely, to protect the hand of one exploding a fire cracker held in this device; e

These and other objects 1 accomplish by providing a handle which has mounted thereon a spring clamp adapted to pinch the -fire cracker between itself and the handle. The end of the clamp may be bent back wardly to prevent sparks or fragments from injuring the person holding thedevice.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings, which are illustrative only- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred form of device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a modification. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the device of Fig. 2. 7

Referring now more particularly to the drawings in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, the. I

invention consists of a handle, shown at 1, of wood or any suitable material of any de sired length, provided with a spring clamp 2 secured adjacent the upper end thereof. This clamp may be of any spring material and is adapted to be fastened at its lower end as by screws 3, its other. end normally engaging the flattened surface of the handle,

as at a. The upper portion of .the handle may be recessed as at 5 to more securely position the fire cracker and prevent lateral movement thereof.

The upper end of the clamp may be ben upwardly as shown in Fig. 2, which effectually serves as a shield to the person explodgaging the same by springtension, said handle having a longitudinal recess, the spring tension portion of said clamp engaging the handle on each side of said recess and transversely thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MONROE KEETON. 

